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Giving C a superpower: custom header file (safe_c.h)

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271 points mithcs | 3 comments | 17 Nov 25 10:40 UTC | HN request time: 0.003s | source
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dboon ◴[17 Nov 25 14:48 UTC] No.45954041[source]▶
Nice, but if the intention is portability my experience has unfortunately been that you pretty much have to stick to C99. MSVC’s C compiler is rough, but pretty much necessary for actual cross platform. I have my own such header which has many, many things like the OP’s. As much as I would find it constantly useful, I don’t have a cleanup utility because of this.

But if you can stay out of MSVC world, awesome! You can do so much with a few preprocessor blocks in a header

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Maxatar ◴[17 Nov 25 14:54 UTC] No.45954109[source]▶
MSVC now supports C17.
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CyberDildonics ◴[17 Nov 25 15:55 UTC] No.45954706[source]▶
MSVC is also made out of a dozen javascript processes which makes typing text need a beefy computer.
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electroly ◴[17 Nov 25 16:57 UTC] No.45955448[source]▶
MSVC is a C++ compiler toolchain and it does not contain any JavaScript. You're thinking of VSCode, probably, but your comment was an off-topic rant either way.
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1. CyberDildonics ◴[18 Nov 25 01:57 UTC] No.45960539[source]▶
Microsoft visual studio the IDE (not vs code the electron program) has lots of javascript processes running in the background doing all sorts of things.

Also my comment was a single sentence with a single fact so it can't be a rant.

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2. dboon ◴[25 Nov 25 16:08 UTC] No.46047169[source]▶
MSVC is also completely different from Visual Studo. It’s OK to say you were wrong. You don’t have to be angry online. I promise!
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3. CyberDildonics ◴[25 Nov 25 19:13 UTC] No.46049511[source]▶
MSVC is also completely different from Visual Studo

It can and does refer to the IDE first. I'll prove it to your by showing that it's the first result of a search.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=MSVC&t=ffab&ia=web

https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/features/cplusplus/

It’s OK to say you were wrong. You don’t have to be angry online. I promise!

Seems like projection. Since it's ok to be wrong I guess you'll reply with an apology.